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Georgia's PM has selected replacement for Republican ministers

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Giorgi Kvirikashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, who was elected as a leader of Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party on Saturday, told Imedi TV that he has candidates to replace ministers from the Republican Party in case they resign.

A few weeks ago,

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Language exams prepare Azeri-Georgian youth for university

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Youth in the predominantly ethnic Azeri town Marneuli can take a one year course in Georgian language to prepare them for university. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tural is a 19 years old high school graduate who plans to go on to university and study IT. The problem is, the teaching language at university is Georgian, which he doesn’t know well enough.

Like many of his peers, Tiral chose to study

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Georgian minister says there will be no Ukraine scenario here

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Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Paata Zakareishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Paata Zakareishvili rules out that there will be a repetition in Georgia of what took place in Ukraine.

Three months of protests in the center of Kiev turned violent, ending in President

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Georgia creates new agency for religious issues

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Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is planning to create a new agency that will work on religious issues.

Minister of Reconciliation and Equality Paata Zakareishvili on Tuesday explained that the new body will implement a recent initiative by the government

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Georgia renames ministry: not reintegration but reconciliation

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Paata Zakareishvili changes title to Minister of Reconciliation and Civil Equality from January 1, 2014. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government has decided to change the name of the Reintegration Ministry into the Ministry of Reconciliation and Civil Equality.

The name change will come into force on January 1, 2014. The minister who heads the renamed ministry,

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